A study of stress and autonomic nervous function in first year undergraduate medical students

Indian Journal of Physiology and Pharmacology

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 257-264

  Srinivasan, K ^a   Vaz, Mario ^a   Sucharita, S ^a  

^a ST JOHN'S NATIONAL ACADEMY OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Autonomic functions; Heart rate variability; Medical students; Spectral analysis; Stress

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM FUNCTION; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; FREQUENCY MODULATION; GENERAL HEALTH QUESTIONNAIRE; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MEDICAL STUDENT; MENTAL STRESS; NORMAL HUMAN; RISK FACTOR; SELF CONCEPT; SMOKING; SPECTROSCOPY; SYMPATHETIC TONE;

ADULT; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; CORONARY ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, UNDERGRADUATE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; RISK FACTORS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; STUDENTS, MEDICAL;

EID: 33747126137     PISSN: 00195499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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